Here is my KauXhiong studio. Yes, I painted the wall purple. Well, I'm a straight man with purple passion, what else can I say. #artstudio #artistwork #robertfuerer_artist #artgallery #artistsoninstagram #artgallery #purplewall #purplepassion
‘Garbageman’ oil on canvas 2007 The death of people still alive angers me. Their eyes are open, yet they see nothing in the world. I was once dead. This painting is the manifestation of my paradigm shift. Previously, as a flâneur, I painted Time Square billboards and street performers on corners. But after a few months I finally noticed a red suit come into view and it opened my eyes to the possibilities surrounding me and I created my first truly breakthrough painting. Seeing the world for the first time, I realized then and there that art is nothing more than the way we see the world.
PS: This painting was stolen right off the wall once when it was in a group show in New York. Fortunately, I noticed it was missing and immediately after ran down the road to find it. By the grace of God, I found the thief about half a mile away, tore the painting from his hands, and confronted him. I asked him what the hell he was thinking about stealing art? he said that he “thought this painting would look awesome in his apartment.” Open your eyes and live. Know art, know life #stolenart #oilpainting #NYC #timesquare #streetpainting #robertfuerer_artist #flaneur #flaneurism
To me, the hallmarks of truly enlightened people are being curious and being teachable. We need to wake up every morning and approach our craft as though we are still beginners. There’s always room to be a bit better at color theory, finding dark to light values, or learning the perfect aperture and ND filter combination for a better portrait at the “golden hour”. For this reason Every year I seek out at least one professional around the world to mentor me in all my creative endeavors. These photos were from one of my annual trips in 2006 when I hired the master draftsman Zhang Jianqiao of Mainland China to teach me private lessons focusing on drawing facial features. Although private lessons are extremely expensive around 150 USD per hr. Whenever I get the chance to learn one-on-one, I am always satisfied with the results because teachers are never reluctant to share their secret techniques that could take you a lifetime to discover on your own. These golden nuggets can be life-changing and speed up your progression in more ways than you can imagine. This year, I will be learning advanced color techniques from David Dibble in Utah. Dibble is incredible artist, he worked for Blue Sky for many years, creating color schemes for our children's favorite animated movies. In some of my recent works, it appears that my paintings are either overly saturated, like my recent Japanese series, or too light and dark, like my New York Garbageman series. Without a doubt, I'm really looking forward to learning more about colors from a true master. “Know art, Know life” You can follow David's work on Instagram @dibbleart #dibbleart #lifelonglearner #artlessons #beteachable #hunger4knowledge #lifelonglearner #portraitdrawing #portraitsketch #art@robertfuerer_artist
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Grandparents provide children with a plethora of the essentials they need most. They provide comfort, lessons in life, unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, and most importantly, ice cream and cookies. My favorite memories are from Grandmas' house in Orem. Oh, how I miss them, but know their legacy lives on through me and my siblings. I painted this oil on canvas portrait for My Grandma on April 24, 2016. She held it so tightly in the last years of her life. In the end, it was all that she took to her rest home from the plush house she left behind. It brings me great joy to know that my God-given talent brought some comfort to her as she waited to return and be with grandpa. I love you, grandma and grandpa! #bestgrandmaever #portraitpainting #oilpainting #grandmaandgrandpa #berretts #robertfuerer_artist
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As I said, with a little mocking smile, "How can you walk down the street with all this going on inside of you?" She responded, "I don't know how you can walk down the street with nothing going on inside of you." Oil on panel 2018 #robertfuerer_artist #ladyinred #womanpower #womanpainting #redpainting #redpaintings
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“She has a fiery soul that cannot be tamed.
She has free spirit that cannot be maimed.
She moves with the wind and flows with the river.
She howls at the moon and smiles at the sun.
Just when you think she is finished, she declares, “I’ve just begun.”
Like wild flowers, she grows where she decides to push through fallow ground.
Like wild fires, she spreads with speed that can’t be drowned.
She has mystery in her blood, magic in her touch and regardless of her frame
she can be too much-wild woman.
She is not predictable, controllable nor the people pleasing kind.
That’s why she is called wild woman and can never be defined.”
― Mishi McCoy
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‘‘Fast Life, Death Soon’ detail shot. "Make the most of your solitude. Take a train to a place you've never been. Spend the night alone under the stars. Get to know how to drive a stick shift. Don't be afraid to leave so far that you won't return. When you don't want to do something, say no. No matter what your friends or family say, follow your instincts. Whether you desire to be liked or admired depends on your goals. You need to decide if fitting in is more important than learning what you are doing here. If all else fails a quote by davinci helps me: “I love those who can smile in trouble.”
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‘Fast Life, Death Soon’ oil on Panel 2019. Instead of just smelling the roses, one must learn to stop, contemplate and appreciate the weeds in life as well. Many times, I see people using their phones and it makes me shudder. As if they didn't take a photo at every stop to prove they went on a trip, then it's as if they didn't go at all. Ironically, I guess that's what the Instabook platforms are all about. Take a look at me, me, me. I have seen groups touring together and witness that the moment they capture the image that proves they went then they want to run to the next place. People it’s time to float in a lake, lay in a hammock, play a bit of chess. Cows, stop, life is short.
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‘Lamenting the Artist’ Sometimes I look at the painting I have just finished and think to myself “Dang this thing looks so ugly”. But then I remember that some of the most moving paintings I've seen in museums around the world weren't beautiful, per say, but they were honest and conveyed the feelings the artist must have had when they created them. For me art should make you feel something, not just look nice. So in my search for imputing feeling into my pieces I’m bound to make some pieces that are sub par or ugly. How does one paint one's own death? This is my first effort. It is what it is. At the time my mother had just died and all of a sudden my own mortality seemed so fragile. So this is an attempt to convey that fear of death. It’s OK though, making mistakes in life or art by trying is of greater worth than doing nothing. My favorite Dali quote is “Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.”
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The object isn't to make art, it's to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable.
Robert Henri. In 2009, while I was painting 21 hours a day and sleeping under a desk at Purchase College, I had the time of my life. Physically, I survived, but how about mentally?
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‘The Rabbiteer’ oil on panel 2019. I'm going to be true to what I want to do, because if I care what people think about me, I'm a puppet. Which I have been in my life. And you can't live life that way, man! Donny Osmond. I have tried to stop painting rabbits so many times and ‘Just when I thought I was out they pull me back in.’ What do you think, should I keep painting dem wabbits?
‘Blood for oil’ oil on canvas painting that has been in solo and group shows all over the world. Swipe to see it in the ‘Art is Dangerous’ group show at the Neuberger Museum in New York 2019. Painting is available for purchase. My Instagram accounts:
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‘Give Love a Chai’ oil on found photo. “It takes three to make love, not two: you, your spouse, and God. Without God people only succeed in bringing out the worst in one another. Lovers who have nothing else to do but love each other soon find there is nothing else. Without a central loyalty life is unfinished.”
― Fulton J. Sheen. Thanks to Mr. Lee who gave me a bunch of old photos he doesn't want anymore so I could make this. My Instagram accounts:
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‘Rabbit Fuerer’2021, Having pets around helps ease the solitary nature of art-making. The problem with keeping pets in the studio is that their feathers and fur get stuck into your paintings. Can you see the feather and dog hairs in the detailed shot of the eye? That feather is from Cookie she is my 6-month-old African gray. When I crank up the music and start painting, she is always thrilled. Whistling and screaming it’s like having a cheerleader on crack on my shoulder. Hey, my next piece has an idea. Know art, Know Life!
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A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
― Paul Cezanne oilpainting by #robertfuerer_artist #workinprogress #oilpainting #slide #artist #swissartist
These four large oil paintings were commissioned by @jshairsalonks a few years ago, and boy do they look amazing hanging in their hair salon studio. The paintings are so beloved by customers that they have commissioned other paintings for their businesses. Even one of the stylists cut her hair and dyed it blue in order to resemble the woman in the first painting photo. My full schedule is open to all sorts of commissions and I should be back in the states no later than July. The portraits I didn't get to last time are definitely doable this time around. #oilpainters #muralpainting #kaohsiung #narrativeart
'The Consequences that You’ve Rendered.' oil painting on panel 2021. So many people prefer to live in drama because it's comfortable. It's like someone staying in a bad marriage or relationship - it's actually easier to stay because they know what to expect every day, versus leaving and not knowing what to expect.
Ellen DeGeneres I made a 13 min video that shows start to finish timelapes of this painting, it can be viewed on my youtube channel: The channel is called Robertfuerer. the video is vlog 20. Thanks for checking out my channel, and don't forget to subscribe. To see more of my work, follow @robertfuerer_artist @artbasel @purchasepaintingdrawing @oilpainting.masters @oilpaintingartists @oil_paintiing @artspiel
'I do...............not.' oil painting on found photo. So many people prefer to live in drama because it's comfortable. It's like someone staying in a bad marriage or relationship - it's actually easier to stay because they know what to expect every day, versus leaving and not knowing what to expect.
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'Rabbit Fuerer' self-portrait oil painting on canvas "in progress". I made a 3 min video that talks about the content of this painting, it can be viewed on my youtube channel: The channel is call Robertfuerer. Thanks for checking out my channel, and don't forget to subscribe. To see more of my work, follow @robertfuerer_artist
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‘In her wake’ oil on panel 2021. I painted this for my wife for Mother's day this year. She said it’s the nicest thing I have ever given her. I have revisited this image multiple times in the past decade. I like this quote by Einstein. “The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before. “ | Albert Einstein. Painting by @RobertFuerer | To see more of my work, follow @robertfuerer_artist
‘Mother’s Last Breath’ oil on panel. Despite having eyes full of tears somehow managed to do this little study of my mother a few hours before she passed of Alzheimer's. Regretfully this first painting is the only artwork of my parents that I ever did from life. The Painting with her eye closed was painted after she had already passed. Do you notice her smile after she died. I never wondered why she was smiling after she passed. I know it was because her mommy was waiting there to greet her on the other side of the vale. To all mothers on both sides we will never forget what you have done for us, Happy Mother’s Day. Painting by @robertfuerer_artist check out my photography at @robertfuerer_photography
‘The last embark ‘ 2021 I'm not finished with this oil on canvas painting but I felt like sharing it now. This is how I imagine my father spent his last few days on earth after his body became completely nonresponsive. Rest in peace Dad. I love and miss you more than words can say. by @robertfuerer_artist Also check out my photography at @robertfuerer_photography
‘You’ll Never Walk Alone” oil on canvas 2021. Today is my fathers birthday so I thought I would paint something depicting him doing what he is doing on the other side. Love you Dad. Painting by @robertfuerer_artist check out my photography at @robertfuerer_photography
‘Holding on to You’ oil on canvas 2021. What we have once enjoyed we can never lose; all that we deeply love becomes a part of us.” – Helen Keller. Painting by @RobertFuerer To see more of my work, follow @robertfuerer_artist check out my photography at @robertfuerer_photography
“Tail of the Quantum Nix” This oil painting on canvas is the third piece I have finished in the past week since I'm stuck in my house cause upon returning to Taiwan from the US I'm required to be quarantined for 14 days. The cops call and show up multiple times a day to make sure I'm not leaving the house. Hoping they find me out feeding the dogs so they can slap a 25,000usd fine on me. To see more of my work, follow @robertfuerer_artist check out my photography at @robertfuerer_photography
“Mistakes were made” 2021 oil on canvas. By Robert Fuerer. Some of you know that I am a fan of pets. I currently have enough animals to open a small petting zoo. Sadly I have always had bad luck raising rabbits. My rabbits either get eaten by my dad, rip out the Gujjars of my other pets, eat their babies or get tumors and die. The rabbit depicted in this painting was my latest nightmare. Her name was Butterscotch and she got a huge tumor on her back. At the time I just couldn't rationalize the cost of a Vet operation which would have coated more than 7 little healthy bunnies from the pet store. So I just thought I would let nature take its course. Well, the tumor burst from the skin on its back within weeks, and I was able to push the whole thing out like a giant zit into a bowl. Since I have no clue how to do stitches I disinfected the wound and the used super glue to seal it. You can guess what happened next. Let's just say I have never had a rabbit reach its first birthday. Painting by @robertfuerer_artist
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“Untethered” oil on canvas. 2021. When my father was facing the last days of his life I could picture him just standing up and walking out of the hospital.
RIP Vincent Fuerer. @robertfuerer_artist
Spending the past month painting family and friends while visiting about my father has made me consider moving back to the states. I think this renewed sense of family came from painting portraits of you all. The intimacy of peering into another person's eyes for over an hour forms a bond like no other. The portrait painting that is left after this experience is proof we two are then bound together.
Painting by @RobertFuerer ‘Untitled’ oil on found metal 2008. To see more of my work, follow @robertfuerer_artist check out my photography at @robertfuerer_photography
I'm grateful for My father, who once was an ordinary man, an adventurer, a story-teller, and a handyman for the whole neighborhood. But through his unfailing love for my Alzheimer ridden mother, became a hero.
Painting by @RobertFuerer ‘Almost Paradise’ I painted this in Fonggan in Taiwan it is on the Southwest coast. I was very surprised during the 2 short hours my student Hana and I where there at least three people drove up to throw trash off the cliff. I'm still baffled.
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Painting by @RobertFuerer | ‘Mother’ oil painting on canvas. I thought I crushed this painting for a final project in my Painting 2 class at SUNY Purchase. I genuinely believe that my month of designing and studies we're readily apparent in the finished piece so you can understand my frustration. When I turned it in, the professor said it didn't meet the criteria of the assignment, which was to paint a cake. I tried to stand up for it, saying that I didn't execute just one cake but 12 and an elaborate narrative of a mother who lost her son in the war. The Professor who had been absent for nearly a month and came for the day we were supposed to turn it in didn't agree, so instead continue the fight, I gave in and painted a cake for her with only a few days to spare in the semester. The bad taste for punishing me for thinking outside of the box stuck with me for three years, and I made damn sure to stay clear of any of her courses after that and recommended classmates as well. Sadly, some teachers don't understand what creativity is or how to foster it in others. In my 20 plus years of teaching, I know whenever a student has gone off on a limb and left our assignment in the dust, I take the time to tell the whole class about how proud I am that they had the guts to do something new. Thank goodness most of my teachers at Purchases college we're more creative cultivators. follow @robertfuerer
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Painting by @RobertFuerer | ‘The Rabbit King’ Oil on panel 2019. To see more of my work, follow @robertfuerer_artist check out my photography at @robertfuerer_photography
'Wendi' is a commissioned oil painting painted from life in 2013. To see more of my work, follow @robertfuerer_artist
enjoys making sculptures of characters in his drawings and paintings. @robertfuerer_artist
Oil painting by Robert Fuerer |‘Ticket to Ride’ the bus ticket salesman in time square all wear these taxi cab yellow coats that really make them pop. This was painted in 2008 right before the first rabbit came out of the hole. To see more of my work, follow @robertfuerer Follow @robertfuerer_photography
Oil painting by Robert Fuerer |‘The trash-mans game’ To see more of my work, follow @robertfuerer
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Stretch book by Robert| I did these sketches in Time Square NYC in 2008 it was was freezing that night, this ended up being the reference sketch for my first large garbage man painting that I did when I got back to the studio. To see more of my work, follow @robertfuerer_artist Follow @robertfuerer_photography
Drawings by @RobertFuerer | Did this sketches on my flight to london in 2009 to go check out all the legitimate MFA programs. To see more of my work, follow @robertfuerer_artist
’American Rabbit’ solo Show by Robert Fuerer. This show went on view at the Jubei, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Taizhong cultural centers and the Suny Purchase library gallery. These images are from the 2011 September show in Kaohsiung Taiwan. .
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by Robert Fuerer 2019 #robertfuerer_artist
Sept, 2011 Solo show installation at the Kaohsiung Cultural Center these sculptures are called ‘Ha ha’. #robertfuerer
Detail shot of ‘Time Square traffic’ 2008 oil on canvas. When I first got to New York I painted city scapes for nearly a year. This was the first large canvas that focused on people and left the landscape completely out.
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Time Square traffic. 2008 oil on canvas. When I first got to New York I painted city scapes for nearly a year. This was the first large canvas that focused on people and left the landscape completely out.
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’ The Soul Train’ oil on canvas. In 2008 I was approached multiple times by police asking why I was drawing in the subway. As if I was sketching some elaborate plan to attack the city. It happened again while painting a Damn upstate with Paul Tracy. For a minute I thought they were going to confiscate my easel. Apparently according to the cops in New York you can't take photos in the subway or near dams. The problem was the police didn't know what to do with artist making hand made images at these potential attack locations. Good times.
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’The Soul Train’ (detail shot) by Robert Fuerer 2008
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Studies for ’Soul Train’ 2008 ink on paper. In 2008 I was approached multiple times by police asking why I was drawing in the subway. As if I was sketching some elaborate plan to attack the city. It happened again while painting a Damn upstate with Paul Tracy. For a minute I thought they were going to confiscate my easel. Apparently according to the cops in New York you can't take photos in the subway or near dams. The problem was the police didn't know what quite to do with artist making hand made images at these locations. Good times.
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Sketches for a large NYC painting 2008 every time I approach a painting I do it a little differently many times I fully realize the characters and light and dark values before I ever start mixing paint. By planning most of the piece in advance weeks before I actually execute it, I find I come up with many more ideas of thing to add. On the other hand some time I just go for it and see were the painting takes me.
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’The Great American Rabbit’ encaustic on found objects. by Robert Fuerer 2019 #robertfuerer_artist
‘The Great American Rabbit’ by Robert Fuerer encaustic on found objects. I spent well over a month making this rabbit sculpture during summer break 2008 when I was hiding In the Visual Art Building at SUNY Purchase. The most productive day was when my friends and amazing artists Nick Greenwald and Malcolm Macdougall showed up and gave me a hand. Here is what we accomplished in 3 hours. I think the piece is still part of the Neuberger Museums' permanent outdoor collection. #robertfuerer_artist
’Collateral Damage’ 2008 encaustic on panel and clay. Part of the Thomas J. Schwartz collection now.
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